The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) presents its new funding programme for postdoctoral researchers: PEGASUS Marie Curie Fellowships. These fellowships are co-funded by the Marie Curie Programme of the European Commission.

The goals of PEGASUS are:
-        to attract excellent postdoctoral researchers to Flanders in order to contribute to the advancement of Flemish science
-        to provide the selected fellows with optimal conditions to further develop their research career in Flanders or abroad

PEGASUS aims at incoming mobility and/or reintegration of researchers working abroad. Candidates have to hold a PhD and should not have carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Belgium for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the start of the fellowship.

Within PEGASUS two options are possible:
-        Pegasus-long: Postdoctoral fellowships of 3 years at a Flemish university. It’s renewable once in open competition with the regular FWO postdoctoral fellows. 30 Pegasus-long fellowships are available, to be granted in a single call.
-        Pegasus-short: Postdoctoral fellowships of 1 year at a Flemish university. It’s not renewable, but candidates can apply afterwards in the open competition for a regular postdoctoral fellowship. This short fellowship is available under the form of an employment contract (standard option) or a stipend (exceptional cases).

The first call was opened on November 17th, 2011.

For more information on this programme and on the submission of proposals see: http://www.fwo.be/Pegasus-Marie-Curie-fellowships.aspx

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